lightdm or gdm?

[C de-Avillez]

On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 20:21:36 -0500
C de-Avillez <hggdh2 at ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> On point for LightDM that I think should be stressed: we can
> select DEs on the login pane.

A few minutes after my email jbicha pointed to me that gdm3 *does*
allow one to select an installed DE. I stand corrected.
> 
> Perhaps I am an exception, but I usually have at least two DEs
> installed; right now, I have three: KDE, Unity, and Gnome. Neither
> gdm3 nor sdm allow me to select which of the three DEs I want to
> start the session under, but instead default to the last one selected.
> 
> On the other hand, a common drawback on all three DMs is the inability
> to consider left-handed persons (where, usually, the primary
> mouse|touchpad button is the right one). That sucks for all three.

Interestingly, gdm3 accepts left and right clicks as selectors
everywhere on the first page, but *not* on the gear box (where you
select a DE).

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